Laundry work unit



May 2, 1933. .1. D. MORGAN ET AL LAUNDRY WORK UNIT Filed May 9, 1951 ryn 2 Patented :May 2, 19 33 s 7 1 TA S oan D. mo'neamor summrr, New JERSEY; AND amma; nunam'yor ma a fnnmnrsjimw Yonx, ASSIGNOBS '10 LAUNDRYWORK UNIT Application filed May 9,

" Thez relates to new and useful improvements in laundry bag manufacturing and work units and fastening devices there for, and more particularlyto such bag cl0-' sures ,and fastening devices. comprising a cord or equivalent flexible constricting member."

. Objects andadvantagesof the invention will'be set forth in part hereinafter and in part-willv be. obvious herefrom, or may be learned by practice with theinvention, the

1 the fasteningdevice.

l-same being realized and attainedby means of the instrumentalities and combinations pointed outfin the appended claims. 315.:

,i The invention consists in, the novel, parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described.

p The accompanying drawing, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrates one'embodiment of the invention,and

together with thedescription, serves to explaintheprinciples of the invention.

'Of thedrawing:. j Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a laun d'r'y bag having a'closure embodying the presentinvention" Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, substantially on the line 2+2 of Fig. 1; f Fig.3 is a detach d'end elevation of the cord-holding and locking'device of the precedlilng figures, looking thereat from the ri t;

' ig. 4:-is a detached isometric perspective view of the holdi'ng'and fastening device;

and

I Fig.5r-is a plan view of a modified form of a The invention in certain the nature of an improvement upon those of application Ser. No. i 516,603, of Julian K.

'Morrison, filed February 18, 1931, and applicationzSer. N o. 522,944'of the present appliwcants, 'filed March 16, 1931, but in other of its. aspects it is otherwiseapplicable and use- I One of themain objectsof the present invention is to 3 provide an improved manufacture ing and workunit, comprising a laundry bag,

preferably of'netted fabric,and an improved of its aspects is in 1931. semi ms. 536,236.

closure thereforattaohedthe bag and H n I p k v SOUTHERN nnreirron-mrnns'or smimon, *onoaemmconromrron or enomm 3 cation of Julian K.Morrisonherein before referred to. The resent invention has for one ofits objectst e providing of {a closure 1 which is sturdyand'simple,which iseasy and reliable in operation, and which requires little or no special manufacture of! the partsor 1 members of the closing andjholdingdevice.

, ODQ=ObjGCt or purpose of the present inven-- tion isto provide a bag-constricting member, which is imperforate ,or non-apertured, the holding orlocking device engaging the 010- sure only externally to maintain the closure constricted about the bag. j

r In the present preferred and disclosed embodiment, the closure employed isa "cord", such 1 as sash cord, which .in the. case .of the netted ,bag may be attached theretoflby passing the .cord through and tying it to thebag fabric,

and if desired, about a side selvage of the bag material. Attached to thecord is an aperturedi smetal fastener plate, and the cord or equivalent member is enlarged at the proper point or points, either by knotting it on itself or otherwise. The cord is slipped through an aperture in the fastener plate, and after being drawn tightly about the bag, it is slipped into the same or a different aperture aperture the closureis held t'ghtly constrict ed about the .closed bag mouth. 1 Referring 'more in detail to the present preferred and exemplarily illustratedv em-* bodiment, a laundry bag 1 of any suitable fabric, and shown as having a netted or leno weave 2, has the open end thereof finished in any suitable way, 3. The preferred formof closure com rises 21 cord, or other equivalent:fiexible'memlier 7,

in the plate,'which is too small? to pass the knot or enlargement, and by the engagement 1 of such enlargement with the edges of theme as by' an overcast stitching which may be an ordinary sash cord. This cord is preferably attached to the laundry bag, and as shown at 8, it is passed through and tied about the fabric of the bag. The fastening device, as embodied, comprises a flat and curved metal plate 11, which is fastened to the member 7 by suitable means, and for this purpose it has near its rear end an aperture 12 and an external recess 13. As shown, one end of the cord 7 is passed through the aperture 12, about the recess 13, and is knotted as shown at 14: in-Fig. 2.

In the embodied form of closure holding and locking means, the cord or like flexible member 7 has enlargements thereon which during the bag closing operation automatically engage with the device 11 to lock or maintain the closure in its tight position.

As shown, the cord has one or more knots 16 formed on itself at the proper point or points for holding the laundry bag tightly closed. The plate 11 has an aperture 17 sufficiently large to pass the knot or other enlargement 16, when the cord or equivalent closure 7 is threaded therethrough. An upset anti-friction part or tongue 18 is preferably formed at the front edge of the aperture 17 as a smooth bearing surface for the cord. In said preferred form, the device 11 has an aperture or recess so dimensioned and positioned that, when the bag has been tightly constricted, it will receive the cord or closure 7 just behind the enlargement or knot 16, and the enlargement or knot engaging with the front edges at either side of the slot or recess will maintain the closure in tightlyconstricting position about the bag. As embodied, the plate 11 is provided with a forward extension 21, which is bent first upwardly and forwardly and then downwardly, and this extension has an internal aperture 22. The entire device 11 is preferably shaped so that it will conform to the curvature of the bag neck as constricted within the closure 7, and as shown in Fig. 2.

In operation, the closure 7 is passed about the neck of the bag and the free end is passed through the opening 17 of the fastener 11. The cord is then pulled tightly about the bag, a very slight movement of the hand easing the enlargement or knot through the opening 17. The pull is backwardly, that is, oppositely from the direction of constriction of the 010- sure 7 about the bag in outh, thereby enabling the operator to grasp the closure within the fist and to use a full free-arm movement in pulling the closure tight. When the cord-is drawn tightly the taut cord is simply lowered into the recess 22, and the enlargement 16 engages automatically on the outside of the member 21, and will hold the bag securely closed. A

' In Fig. 5 a modified form of the aperture 17 in the holding and locking device 11 is shown. In this form the cord or other closure 7 is slipped into the open side of the aperture 17, instead of being threaded therethrough, and the operation is otherwise the same.

hen desired to further lock, and preferably therewith to identify, the clothing within the laundry bag, a suitable device such as a spring snap hook 28 may be employed, and this may have an identification tag 25 fixed thereto, bearing a customersidentification mark such as the number 25.

The invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific mechanisms shown and described but departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief advantages.

What we claim is 1. As a manufacturing and laundry work unit, a clothes holding bag, a constricting closure for the gathered bag end having an enlargement thereon, means attached to the closure and apertured to receive said enlargement to permit the closure to be drawn tightly about the bag and provided with a second aperture to engage and hold said enlargement to maintain the closure in its constricting position about the bag and means for closing said second aperture to secure said closure therewithin.

2. As a manufacturing and laundry work unit, a clothes holding bag, a constricting closure for the gathered bag end, means apertured to receive the closure to permit it to be drawn tightly about the bag and provided with a second aperture adapted to engage with the closure to maintain it in its tightly constricting position about the bag and identifying means adapted to secure the closure against release without removal of the identifying means.

3. As a manufacturing and laundry work unit, a clothes holding bag, a constricting closure for the gathered bag end tied through the bag fabric, means attached to the closure and apertured to receive the closure to permit it to be drawn tightly about the bag and provided with a second aperture adapted to engage with the closure to maintain it in its tightly constricting position about the bag and identifying means for closing said second aperture to secure said closure therewithin and prevent release without removal of the identifying means.

1. As a manufacturing and laundry work unit, a clothes holding bag, a knotted cord for constricting the end of the bag, a fastener apertured to receive the knotted cord to permit it to be tightly drawn about the bag and provided with a deep slot adapted to engage the cord behind a knot to maintain the cord in its tightly constricting position about the bag and removable identifying means for closing said slot and securing said Cord withih q f said identi y n w a In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification. I a

JOHN D. MORGAN.

said slot and against release without removal HOBART N. DURHAM. 

